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Getting to Know and Understand Gifted Children

21st Century Giftedness

Ray Kurzweil

Thomas Edison

Gurudev

Rabindranath

Tagore

Marc Zukerberg

Sachin

Tendulkar

A.R. Rahman

Marie Curie

Bill Gates

Sergey Brin

Steve Jobs

Larry Page

SrinivasRamanujam

In the Business of Thinking

Getting to Know and Understand Gifted Children

Mildly Gifted : 115 to 129

Moderately Gifted : 130 to 144

Highly Gifted : 145 to 159

Exceptionally Gifted : 160 to 179

Profoundly Gifted : 180

High IQ

People tell you that your child is smart. You think so too. But how smart? Is your child gifted or just bright? Is

there a difference? Find out as you learn how the experts define giftedness. Explore the characteristics of gifted

children and learn how to use them to determine if your child is

gifted.

Gifted students have been defined as those who possess exceptional

abilities in any area of learning that significantly exceeds age-level

expectations (Winebrenner, 2001).

Taking into account that grade-level standards inform instruction, we

realize that many gifted students will not make academic progress

during any given year unless interventions occur.

One important idea often misinterpreted is that teachers are not

necessarily responsible for teaching the standards; they are only

responsible for demonstrating that students have mastered the designated grade-level standards (Winebrenner

& Brulles, 2008).

Myths about gifted children abound. Learn what these myths are and how they may be affecting the way your

gifted child is treated.

Whether or not a gifted child excels in school, he or she has the potential to do so. Many gifted children are

intrinsically motivated, which means the motivation comes from within. They become motivated by interest

and challenge. When these children are interested and appropriately challenged, they can and will achieve.

However, even though a gifted child may not be achieving in school, he or she may still be learning and

achieving on their own at home.

To the trained eye, it can be fairly easy to spot a gifted child. Even to the not-so-trained eye of a parent, it's easy

to notice that a child is not quite like other children. However, parents often question what those differences

mean. They know their child is smart, but gifted? Looking at a list of gifted traits or characteristics is a quick

first step in determining whether a child is gifted. If you have a toddler and you're wondering if he or she is

gifted, take a look at the list of characteristics of young gifted children.

IQ Score Distribution

Percentageof Population

IQ Score

Very Observant

Extremely Curious

Intense interests

Excellent memory

Long attention span

Excellent reasoning skills

Well-developed powers of abstraction,

conceptualization, and synthesis

Quickly and easily sees relationships in ideas,

objects, or facts

Fluent and flexible thinking

Elaborate and original thinking

Excellent problem solving skills

Learns quickly and with less practice and

repetition

Unusual and/or vivid imagination

Interested in philosophical and social issues

Very sensitive, emotionally and even

physically

Concerned about fairness and injustice

Perfectionistic

Energetic

Well-Developed Sense of Humor

Usually intrinsically motivated

Relates well to parents, teachers and other

adults

Extensive Vocabulary

May Read Early

Reads Rapidly and Widely

Asks "what if" questions

Enjoys learning new things

Enjoys intellectual activity

Displays intellectual playfulness

Prefers books and magazines meant for older

children

Skeptical, critical, and evaluative

Asynchronous development

Cognitive Traits Additional Traits

Language Traits (See Language

Development in Gifted Children)

Social and Emotional Traits (see

Supersensitivities in Gifted Children)

Married Couples

Marie Curie

Pierre Curie

Gerty Cori

Carl Cori

Marie Curie

Irène Joliot-Curie

Pierre Curie

Irène Joliot-Curie

Jan Tinbergen

Nikolaas Tinbergen

Irène Joliot-Curie

Frédéric Joliot

Alva Myrdal

Gunnar Myrdal

J.J.Thomson William Bragg

George Paget Thomson Lawrence Bragg

Hans von Euler-Chelpin Niels Bohr

Ulf von Euler Aage N. Bohr

Manne Siegbahn Arthur Kornberg

Kai M. Siegbahn Roger D. Kornberg

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Father & Daughter

Father & Son

Brothers

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( ) is an internationallyrenowned expert specialising in pedagogy, technology and thedevelopment of tools and curricula for 21st century education.

He has been known for developing, working models that enhancethe pedagogy using latest available technologies. He is especiallynoted for his efforts in leveraging social media for improvinglearning and bringing the mobile and handhelds into theclassroom where they have been traditionally banned.

Prof. Pant's current work and interests revolve around thedevelopment, delivery and promotion of educational products,processes and services that cater for the needs and interests offuture learners, a framework that is named "

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His past roles include being the Former Pro-Vice Chancellor,Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and being onthe faculty of IIT, Kanpur (the premier engineering institution inIndia), MLNR Engineering College and Faculty as well as VisitingProfessor, University of Western Ontario, Canada. He has been avisiting scientist at European research centres in Italy, England,Germany and Sweden.

Prof. Pant is the founder of the LMP Education Trust, anorganisation that promotes new age learning and supportsunderprivileged learners.

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Spotting, and Tracking Gifted Persons: We evangelise the need for spotting exceptional talent and

encourage teachers, parents and others who come in contact with potentially gifted persons to share their

details with us.

Through a series of tests and interviews, we produce reports identifying the areas of exceptional abilities

of the candidates and suggest pathways and measures to bring out the full potential, also drawing

attention to social and relationship matters that need to be addressed.

We mentor and coach each identified individual through a personal program to develop his or her

potential in the areas of: Excellence in Arts; Business Leadership; Educational Leadership; Thought

Leadership; Political Leadership; in the form of a ' second strand' to the regular education.

We also provide an e-enabled support environment to help these gifted and talented persons to resources

and educational programs to make them better academic achievers so that they can get admission to the

most prestigious Institutions appropriate for such students.

About the Program for Gifted Children and Adults